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Archive for the Category: "Canada"
February 4th, 2010 - 9:41 am § in Canada, Front Page
Harper’s Attempt to Save Face at the Cost of Canada’s Democratic Enlargement
On December 30th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended the Canadian Parliament for the third time since he first took office in 2006 and the second time in just over a year. This comes at a time when Harper has faced increasingly vocal criticism from the opposition. As a leader of a minority gove[...]
January 12th, 2010 - 3:04 pm § in Canada, In the News
Canada has options for oilsands production, think-tank says
By Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun January 11, 2010 If the Obama administration brings in tough environmental measures, Canada may sell its oil elsewhere A respected American think-tank is urging the Obama government to think twice before introducing environmental measures that would disadvantage Albert[...]
December 15th, 2009 - 10:34 am § in COHA Opinion, Canada, Commodities, Free Trade, Front Page, NAFTA, Obama
The U.S. Targets Canada’s Oil Sands: Washington Should Tread Lightly with its Environmental Legislation, so that Carbon Cuts will not Come at the Expense of Canada’s Energy Sovereignty or U.S. Energy Security
Even though climate change legislation has stalled within the United States, President Obama’s willingness to bypass Congress using the authority of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signals that he is seriously prepared to cut U.S. carbon emissions. The way in which Obama forges a[...]
Canada and Honduras: Act Now
If Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to be taken seriously as an international figure, he must be able to simultaneously juggle domestic and international crises without dropping the ball. While the Liberal opposition threatens to bring down Harper’s minority government daily, the Tori[...]
COHA on Canada: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Kent panned for Ottawa’s Honduras Policy
Repeatedly, COHA specialists have called upon Canadian authorities to use their nation’s positive image throughout this hemisphere to help build authentic democratic institutions and condemn human rights violations wherever they might occur in the region. Regrettably, innovation and a creative mar[...]
Canada’s Nuclear Dilemma
With the temporary shutdown of the nuclear research-reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, Canada’s medical isotope industry has fallen into crisis, threatening health services across North America. The National Research Universal (NRU) reactor, as it is called, produced a third of the world’s molybde[...]
How Mexico’s drug war washed up on Canada’s West Coast
May 30, 2009 By Linda Diebel The Star Vancouver task force struggles with fallout of crackdown on cartels VANCOUVER – Constables Phil Gomes and Mike Clark – a.k.a. Shake ‘n’ Bake – are 27 and 28, clean-cut and solidly built, and together form the newest and least-known front in Mex[...]
Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Could Be a Lose-Lose Deal
The Canadian Parliament is on the verge of passing a free trade measure with Colombia The trade deal faces staunch opposition from human and labor rights bodies Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Colombia could potentially exacerbate flagrant current human rights abuses in the country Just a fe[...]
Canada and the Mexican War on Drugs: Lack of Involvement But Not of Interest
- Although increasingly affected from afar by the fight against the cartels, Canada is curiously detached from the Mexican war on drugs - Canada has numerous economic and political involvements in the Mexican status quo and multilateral and bilateral initiatives could be eyed for their implementati[...]